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Speaking of pets
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Animal Care
Seizures, Syncope, Collapse, Oh, My!
Friday started out normal enough. Angie needed flea and tick medicine, Belle graduated from the puppy plan, Molly got booster vaccinations, Leo needed a nail trim, Baby needed bird food, and then Liset, the cat, was in for a swollen eye that really was...
Cough
Franco recently sent me an email to ask what medicine he should use for a cough in a dog. Franco is the animal assistant at The Big Fix in Uganda where I volunteered for a week last fall. Franco and Dr Arnold and I have kept in touch about cases since I...
Dental Care
February is dental health month. During this month the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) puts out extra publicity about pet dental health care. They do that because brushing your pet’s teeth and proper health care is good for both your pet’s...
Animal Diseases
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Cats are not little dogs
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Creepy Crawly Parasites
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Wildlife and exotics
Deer
It’s Lindsay’s fault. We have a herd! We were all thinking it, but nobody else said it. Then Monday morning Lindsay said “Hey, we’ve been lucky. We haven’t had any baby deer in this year, isn’t that odd?” “You jinxed us.” “Now we will have a herd!” There...
Bee Installation In Hive
I am starting my third year of beekeeping this spring. Unfortunately, I am starting with new bees in my hives. The first year, I did not realize how dangerous those hive beetles that I kept seeing were. After all, they came with the bees in the packages...
Killdeer
I see them every day, this time of year, on my way to work. Most mornings, I stop in a church parking lot for a few stolen moments before the hustle and bustle of veterinary medicine and surgery. There is a pair of killdeer that play on the pavement....
Vet Life and It’s not just a vet life
Power’s out. It’s cold.
Wednesday night’s ice storm took out our electric along with many others. When the power was lost, we lost lights, internet and heat. Pretty much everything is electric at our house. Electric heat, stove, refrigerators, freezer, everything. We live far enough out...
Training
January 31st is the last day that it is legal to capture a bird for falconry in Kentucky. Mike and I had decided that it would be cool to have birds that could hunt together. Jim, my red tail hawk had recently finished her rehabilitation and had been successfully...
We Need to Talk
We need to talk. Nobody ever likes to hear an conversation that starts with that phrase, but sometimes we really do need to talk. Veterinary medicine is changing. It started several years ago. Sophia Yin was a brilliant veterinarian. She spoke at many conferences...
Out and About
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Howlidays
Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday was the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The day after Black Friday is supposed to be a day to support small businesses. Ironton had an Elf Scavenger Hunt and Santa and Mrs. Claus were at the City Center, where the Lawrence County...
Gratitude
Thanksgiving is the time to be appreciative of all that we have. It is also the season to look within ourselves and think about spreading kindness. To this end, I work on publically being grateful on my facebook posts for the little and big things of life....
World Animal Day and Tommy
I met Tommy in Uganda. He attended the Laminafera Primary School with the students. His favorite student was a boy named William. Tommy had helped the school win the World Animal Day parade the year before when he was a wee puppy. He now lives at the...